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doggett. mr. doggett: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that the house bring up the senate amendment to h.j.r. 59, instead of leaving for a three-day weekend, that we open the government and go to conference on a budget and end this republican government shutdown. the speaker pro tempore: as the chair previously advised, the request cannot be entertained absent appropriate clearance. mr. doggett: ms. pelosi has cleared it. who's objecting? the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is not recognized. the gentleman from virginia. mr. moran: mr. speaker, i'd like to yield for the purposes of a unanimous consent request, the gentleman from wisconsin, mr. pocan. mr. pocan: thank you. mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that the house bring up the senate amendment to h.j. resolution 59, to open up the government and go to conference on a budget so we can end this republican government shutdown that's costing the u.s. economy $160 million a day. . the speaker pro tempore: as the chair previously advised that request
doggett. mr. doggett: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that the house bring up the senate amendment to h.j.r. 59, instead of leaving for a three-day weekend, that we open the government and go to conference on a budget and end this republican government shutdown. the speaker pro tempore: as the chair previously advised, the request cannot be entertained absent appropriate clearance. mr. doggett: ms. pelosi has cleared it. who's objecting? the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is not...
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i yield back. >> thank you, mr. doggett. without objection, each member will have the opportunity to submit a written statement and have it included in the record. i want to remind our witnesses pleased to limit their oral testimony to five minutes. however, without objection, written testimony will be made a part of the permanent record. on our first panel this afternoon, we have heard from several of our own colleagues. it is somewhat unusual for a subcommittee to have the interest of a number of members. to haveally an honor the four of you here. we will be hearing from senator via video presentation later on. the first panel is the honorable erik paulsen of minnesota, who by the way was acting chairman of this subcommittee last year. honorable texas, the karen bass of california, and unlimited, senator hatch of utah will present later. you aresen, recognized for five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman and ranking member, mr. doggett. i want to thank you for bringing to light an issue that is all too often ignored. it is
i yield back. >> thank you, mr. doggett. without objection, each member will have the opportunity to submit a written statement and have it included in the record. i want to remind our witnesses pleased to limit their oral testimony to five minutes. however, without objection, written testimony will be made a part of the permanent record. on our first panel this afternoon, we have heard from several of our own colleagues. it is somewhat unusual for a subcommittee to have the interest of a...
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mr. doggett: mr. speaker, surely no member of the house has expressed more interest in this subject than the founder of the foster youth caucus, our colleague from california, ms. bass, to whom i yield three minutes. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from california is recognized for three minutes. ms. bass: thank you. thank you, ranking member doggett. i rise today in support of the promoting adoption and legal guardianship for children and foster care act. -- in foster care act. i want to thank chairman camp and reichert and ranking member doggett for their ongoing commitment to our nation's foster youth. as co-chair of the congressional caucus on foster youth and the congressional caucus on adoption, i sincerely appreciate your leadership and partnership on this issue. since he 1997, when the adoption incentives legislation became law, we have seen a significant reduction of the number of kids in foster care and more importantly an increased number of kids in forever families. yet, there are
mr. doggett: mr. speaker, surely no member of the house has expressed more interest in this subject than the founder of the foster youth caucus, our colleague from california, ms. bass, to whom i yield three minutes. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from california is recognized for three minutes. ms. bass: thank you. thank you, ranking member doggett. i rise today in support of the promoting adoption and legal guardianship for children and foster care act. -- in foster care act. i want...
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. >> thank you, mr. doggett. without objection from each member will have the opportunity to spend a written statement and have it included in the record. i want to remind our witnesses pleased to limit their oral testimony to five minutes. however, without objection all the written testimony will be made a part of the permanent record. on our first panel this afternoon will be hearing from several of her own colleagues as mr. doggett said, and it sometimes unusual in the subcommittee hearing to have the interest of a number of members, so it's really an honor to have the four of you here. we'll be hearing from senator hatch via a video presentation later on. so the first panel is, today is the honorable erik paulsen of minnesota who, by the way, was acting chairman of this subcommittee last year. honorable louise slaughter of new york, honorable ted poe of texas, the honorable karen bass of california and as i mentioned, senator hatch of utah will present later. mr. paulsen, you're recognized for five minutes. >
. >> thank you, mr. doggett. without objection from each member will have the opportunity to spend a written statement and have it included in the record. i want to remind our witnesses pleased to limit their oral testimony to five minutes. however, without objection all the written testimony will be made a part of the permanent record. on our first panel this afternoon will be hearing from several of her own colleagues as mr. doggett said, and it sometimes unusual in the subcommittee...
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. >> mr. doggett. >> thank you, mr. chairman. while i am troubled by the determination of our republican colleagues to destroy the rights of americans to access affordable health care, i recognize the promise of affordable health care can be denied through management failure. i share some of the concerns that have been raised here this morning. if there were even one republican member of this committee who wanted to fix the shortcomings in the act and to learn lessons from the rollout about how to improve access, we could have a constructive hearing that focused on those limitations and how to address them. at the top of the list for any texan would surely be the million people that when we thought we were providing protection when we enacted this law who are getting absolutely nothing out of it. the limitations with the website are a part of the concern that i have. let me ask you specifically will the shop website for small businesses that was delayed be fully functional during november? >> yes. we will institute the shop compo
. >> mr. doggett. >> thank you, mr. chairman. while i am troubled by the determination of our republican colleagues to destroy the rights of americans to access affordable health care, i recognize the promise of affordable health care can be denied through management failure. i share some of the concerns that have been raised here this morning. if there were even one republican member of this committee who wanted to fix the shortcomings in the act and to learn lessons from the...
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mr. doggett, you are recognized. >> thank you very much. you talked about the caseload and saw several heads nodding back and forth amongst all of you as you discuss embrace issues, but just in terms of caseload, are there some national standards on what is appropriate for working your? how does that compare to what we have in texas? >> the child welfare league of america recommends that caseworkers are working with children in foster have a caseload of 12 to 15 children at a time. in texas, where at nearly double that recommendation. >> how do you find that in washington state? >> the caseloads i believe have been reduced over the course of the past decade, let's say, but we are still i believe, i believe on average in 1920. and particularly when you're working with vulnerable populations, you have to ask before you know when you have the particular vulnerable case of people on the caseload. and by that i mean children have been on the run from foster care. if you of 19 or if you can on your caseload, that's far too many. >> one aspect of
mr. doggett, you are recognized. >> thank you very much. you talked about the caseload and saw several heads nodding back and forth amongst all of you as you discuss embrace issues, but just in terms of caseload, are there some national standards on what is appropriate for working your? how does that compare to what we have in texas? >> the child welfare league of america recommends that caseworkers are working with children in foster have a caseload of 12 to 15 children at a time....
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doggett. >> mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent the senate bring up the senate amendment hjr 59 instead of leaving for a three-day weekend, that we open the government and go to conference on a budget and end this republican government shutdown. >> as the chair previously advised, the request cannot be entertained, absent appropriate clearance. >> mr. speaker, ms. pelosi has already cleared it. who's not clearing it? >> i'd like to yield for the purpose of a unanimous consent request for the gentleman from wisconsin. >> thank you. mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that the house bring up the senate to open up the government and go to conference on a budget so we can end this republican government shutdown that's costing the u.s. economy $160 million a day. >> as the chair previously advised, that request cannot be entertained absent appropriate clearance. gentleman from virginia. >> mr. speaker, i now yield for the purpose -- >> all right. we've been seeing there what has been going on for some t
doggett. >> mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent the senate bring up the senate amendment hjr 59 instead of leaving for a three-day weekend, that we open the government and go to conference on a budget and end this republican government shutdown. >> as the chair previously advised, the request cannot be entertained, absent appropriate clearance. >> mr. speaker, ms. pelosi has already cleared it. who's not clearing it? >> i'd like to yield for the purpose of a unanimous...
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mr. cohen: just as mr. doggett has said, i'm not sure if this s joseph heller or palini, the tea party republicans came here because they were concerned about the debt. the debt was caused by reagan and bush. look at the records. reagan and bush caused the debt. now they've shut down the government like an arsonist sets the fire and coming around like they are firefighters to try and rescue children and the veterans they are going to rescue who couldn't go to the memorials and federal workers who aren't getting paid. movie.ike a palini there is a wall between the tea party republicans and mainstream republicans who would like to move this country forward. mr. speaker, tear down that wall. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. for what purpose does the gentleman from tennessee seek -- texas, seek recognition. mr. burgess: permission to address the house for one minute. what is going on in the house of representatives right now is actually about the debt. you could look back 17 years when
mr. cohen: just as mr. doggett has said, i'm not sure if this s joseph heller or palini, the tea party republicans came here because they were concerned about the debt. the debt was caused by reagan and bush. look at the records. reagan and bush caused the debt. now they've shut down the government like an arsonist sets the fire and coming around like they are firefighters to try and rescue children and the veterans they are going to rescue who couldn't go to the memorials and federal workers...